I HAD THE HONOR OF VISITING A VETRAN HOSPITAL









I WANT TO SHARE WITH MY FRIENDS AN AWESOME
 EXPERIENCE I HAD TODAY....
I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME TO READ MY STORY.

TODAY 4 OF MY QUILTING FRIENDS AND I WENT TO THE HEINE'S VETERAN CENTER
TO DELIVER QUILTS AND SAY "THANK YOU." 
 
8 WOMEN WHO CALL THEMSELVES THE SCRAPPY LADIES MET TWICE A MONTH AND QUILTED. 
8 WOMAN MET TWICE A MONTH AND TALKED ABOUT A WAY TO TELL A VET "THANK YOU."
IT TOOK ONE YEAR FOR ME AND MY SISTER QUILTERS OF PLANNING,COLLECTING 
FABRIC AND QUILTING TO FINISH OUR GIFTS. 
ONLY 5 OUT OF THE 8 COULD MAKE IT ON THE DELIVERY DATE. I HAVE A LITTLE SAD 
PART IN MY HEART FOR THE 3 THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT. THEY MISSED OUT ON AN 
EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. 
 
WE CARRIED INTO THE HOSPITAL 19 TWIN SIZE QUILTS. 
MOST OF THEM WERE RED, WHITE AND BLUE AND A FEW WERE MADE WITH JUST 
PRETTY COLORS. MOST OF THEM WERE A CHINESE COIN PATTERN BUT SOME WERE
MORE ELABORATE. ALL OF THEM WERE MADE WITH LOVING HANDS. ALL OF THEM 
WERE MADE WHILE WE SHARED OUR THOUGHTS ON OUR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS AND 
FRIENDS WHO ARE OR WHO WERE IN THE MILITARY. 
ALL 8 WOMAN KNOW HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN
AND WE HOPED OUR GIFT OF A QUILT WILL EXPRESS A SMALL GRATITUDE 
OF OUR FEELINGS.
 
THE FLOOR OF THE HOSPITAL THAT WE VISITED HAD 19 VETS THAT WERE 
PATIENTS THIS DAY.A FEW OF THEM WERE OLDER GENTLEMEN.
ONE MAN TOLD US HE SERVED IN THE ARMY IN 1955.THERE WAS ONE WOMAN
WHO HAD JUST HAD SURGERY. ONE MAN HAD LOST HIS LOWER LEG, 
I DONT KNOW HOW AND I WAS AFRAID TO ASK.
4 QUILTS WERE LEFT OUTSIDE THE ROOMS FOR THE NURSES TO TAKE 
IN BECAUSE NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO ENTER THE ROOMS.

WITH EVERY QUILT WE THANKED THESE HEROES FOR THEIR DEDICATION, 
THEIR HONOR, THEIR UNSELFISHNESS FOR KEEPING US SAFE.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US FREE. 
EVERY VET PUT OUT THEIR HAND TO SHAKE OR OPENED THEIR ARMS FOR A HUG. 
THE HUGS WERE MY FAVORITE! 
 
EVERYONE OF THESE VETERANS WERE SO TAKEN BACK BY THESE 5 WOMAN 
WHO WERE GIVING AWAY THE "BLANKETS".
THEY KEPT THANKING US AND MORE THAN ONE SAID 
"THERE IS A PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR WOMAN LIKE YOU." 
(IF HEAVEN IS JUST A QUILT AWAY....I NEED TO MAKE MORE QUILTS!)

EVERYONE SHOULD THANK A SOLDIER
 FOR THEIR SACRIFICE.

TONIGHT I WAS CHECKING ON MY EMAILS TO FIND THAT A FRIEND SENT ME THIS LINK......
SO FITTING FOR MY DAY......PLEASE WATCH IT.


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GOD BLESS THE VETERANS  

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